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    20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    11/11/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    Dino-saucers anyone? I loved that the Dino's ships had like no aerodynamics. They would Dino-volve. And I had a crush on Sara.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/11/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    to. to clear this up.


    gods we so need an edit round here...

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/11/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    right just clear this up:


    Action Man

    [www.imdb.com]

    [www.imdb.com]

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    Image of TheGreat&PowerfulTurtle TheGreat&PowerfulTurtle
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    Was there a toy series Marvel didn't improve? Sectaurs, Starriors (a very cool take on post-mankind AI)... all good stuff in Marvel's hands.


    And monsters_delivers_msg is right, how can you not include Visionaries? From an age of science to an age of magic...that's the 2000 election right there.

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/11/08

    @TheGreat&PowerfulTurtle: Added Visionaries, thanks for the suggestion!
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    Image of monster_delivers_msg monster_delivers_msg
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    VISIONARIES ... Knights of the magical LIIIIGHT!


    They were the back-up story in the Transformers comic for a while and had a Saturday morning cartoon to boot. Their shtick was to hold aloft their magic holographic banners and summon totemic animal powers. Most of the plotlines centered around recharging the banners as I recall.


    Oh, and the need for a Defenders of the Earth (DEFENDERS!) film goes without saying too.

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/11/08

    @monster_delivers_msg: Hey, I added Visionaries, thanks for the suggestion! This was one case where I wasn't sure what came first, the toy or the TV show... but it looks like the toy actually did come first. Thanks again!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    Slinkys vs.Weebles: the Movie

    Yes, Slinky is fun for a girl and a boy...

    BUT, mind you, Weebles wobble BUT they don't fall down! Not ever.

    So put that in your E-Z Bake Oven and smoke it.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/10/08

    @Grey_Area: I'm surprised they never made a Weebles show.
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    Image of NeomaBurhans NeomaBurhans
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    Wheres Dino-Riders?
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/11/08

    @NeomaBurhans: Added it, thanks for the suggestion!
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    Image of proxemics proxemics
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    umm..Battle Beasts? come on!
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/11/08

    @proxemics: Added it, thanks for suggestion. Now it's actually 23 classic toys that aren't movies.
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    Image of tubsdouglas tubsdouglas
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    what about go-bots.

    slime coulda come from "you can't do that on television"
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/11/08

    @tubsdouglas: See above... GoBots had a theatrically released movie... with the immortal Telly Savalas!
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    Image of BlushResponse BlushResponse
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    A big-screen treatment of Hugo: Man of 1000 Faces is well overdue...


    [www.feelingretro.com]

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/10/08

    @BlushResponse: Actually... I really did consider Hugo: Man Of 1000 Faces, and decided it wasn't science-fictiony enough.
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    Image of TonyRockyHorror TonyRockyHorror
    11/10/08

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    Sky Commanders for the tangled-neon-string-all-over-the-fucking... win!
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    Image of TheFaithfulStone TheFaithfulStone
    11/11/08

    @TonyRockyHorror:


    That's what I was thinking. It's simultaneously every parents worst nightmare and every kids fondest dream.


    Seriously, could you supply kids with 100 tangled yards of choky yellow string today and call it a toy?

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    Image of I_Am_McLovin I_Am_McLovin
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    No Silverhawks, Thundercats, or Jace and the Wheeled Warriors?
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    Image of Moff Moff
    11/10/08

    @I_Am_McLovin: Third Earth = Postapocalyptic
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    Image of Moff Moff
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    Charlie, thank you for writing this post, unforgivable He-Man errors and all.
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    Image of giant_turtle giant_turtle
    11/10/08

    @Moff: seconded.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/10/08

    @giant_turtle: @Moff: Thanks! I'm glad you like it! Now that the He-Man errors have been purged, maybe I can be forgiven after all...
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/10/08

    @Charlie Jane Anders: You still need to fix the Action Man entry to add the TV show.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/11/08

    @Charlie Jane Anders: *cough* remove the whole 'rip off' comment on Action Man and add the shows?


    you've removed He-Man.. you've corrected others...but that remains...

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/11/08

    @KhaiJB: OK, it's fixed now. Thanks!
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    Image of Moff Moff
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    MANGLORS SHOULD NOT HAVE THEIR OWN MOVIE:


    (They did not stick back together almost like new.)

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    Image of DrMathochist DrMathochist
    11/10/08

    In reply to 20 Classic Toys That Aren't Movies (Yet)
    Another mark for "Masters of the Universe" wasn't obscure. It certainly wasn't as obscure as the Go-Bots movie that you quoted as a disqualifier.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/10/08

    @DrMathochist: Yup. He-Man has been expunged. Thanks!
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